Ubers Miraidon (Wallbreaker)

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[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Parabolic Charge / Electro Drift
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Calm Mind
move 4: Substitute / Overheat / Taunt
item: Life Orb
ability: Hadron Engine
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
* Life Orb Miraidon is one of the fiercest wallbreakers in the Ubers tier, having a 50% chance to OHKO Ting-Lu outright with a Calm Mind and Tera Dragon-boosted Draco Meteor.
* Parabolic Charge OHKOes Zacian-C at +1 and provides Miraidon with a source of healing to counteract Life Orb, Substitute, and entry hazard damage. This also usually lets Miraidon win against Blissey without Tera Ground. Electro Drift's higher damage output allows Miraidon to OHKO bulky Arceus-Fairy sets and OHKO Zacian-C from behind a Substitute.
* The fourth slot is flexible. Substitute eases prediction and can take advantage of passive walls and foes that attempt to pivot around Miraidon. Overheat nails Iron Treads and can also hit Ting-Lu or Clodsire, which often use Tera Steel on Miraidon's Draco Meteor, and it can also be used as a neutral hit to prevent switching between Ground- and Fairy-types to stall out Electric Terrain turns. Taunt can help prevent setup from Pokemon that could take advantage of Miraidon after a Draco Meteor stat drop such as Calm Mind Arceus formes and Ting-Lu or Clodsire using Spikes.
* If the opponent has not already Terastallized, care should be taken when facing Ting-Lu and Clodsire, as their Tera Steel or Tera Fairy can turn the tide against Miraidon quickly. While this leaves both foes open to being chipped down, Miraidon can in turn be hit by Whirlwind, Toxic, or damaged heavily outright by Earthquake and Ruination. If Miraidon wins the exchange, it's often left at low HP and open to being revenge killed.
* This set works excellently on Sticky Web teams in particular, as it greatly appreciates being able to outspeed Zacian-C and Choice Scarf Pokemon like Eternatus. At the same time, it also works excellently for bulky offense and balance teams that are seeking a solid way to break opposing balance and stall teams.
* Spikes support can be crucial for this set, as the chip damage can guarantee the OHKO on opposing Ting-Lu; Ting-Lu, Groudon, or Clodsire can set-up Spikes for Miraidon.
* Arceus formes such as Arceus-Ghost, Arceus-Ground, and Arceus-Dark make for good offensive partners, as all of them like Ting-Lu being taken out of the picture.
* Zacian-C is a huge annoyance thanks to its higher Speed and Dragon-type immunity; as such, solid checks to it such as Skeledirge, Groudon, and Toxapex are much appreciated. Lures for Zacian-C such as Thunder Wave Arceus-Fairy or -Grass can cripple Zacian-C and leave it as an easy target for Miraidon later in the game.

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Manaphy said:
[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Parabolic Charge
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Calm Mind
move 4: Substitute / Taunt / Overheat
item: Life Orb
ability: Hadron Engine
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
* This Miraidon set is one of the fiercest wallbreakers in the Ubers tier, having a 50% chance to OHKO Ting-Lu outright with a Calm Mind and Tera Dragon-boosted Draco Meteor.
* Parabolic Charge OHKOes Zacian-C at +1 and provides Miraidon with a source of healing to counteract Life Orb, Substitute, and entry hazard damage. This also usually lets Miraidon win against Blissey without Tera Ground.
* The fourth slot is flexible. Substitute eases prediction and can take advantage of passive walls and foes who attempt to pivot around Miraidon. Taunt can help prevent set-up from Pokemon who could take advantage of Miraidon after a Draco Meteor drop such as Calm Mind Arceus formes. Overheat nails Iron Treads and can also hit Ting-Lu or Clodsire which often use Tera Steel on Miraidon's Draco Meteor.
* If the opponent has not used their Tera already, care should be taken when facing Ting-Lu and Clodsire, as their Tera Steel or Tera Fairy can turn the tide against Miraidon quickly. While this leaves both foes open to being chipped down by Parabolic Charge, Miraidon can in-turn be hit by Whirlwind, Toxic, or damaged heavily outright by Earthquake and Ruination. If Miraidon wins the exchange, it's often left at low HP and open to being revenge killed.
* This set works excellently on Sticky Webs teams in particular, as it greatly appreciates being able to outspeed Zacian-C and Choice Scarf Pokemon like Eternatus. At the same time, it also works excellently for bulky offense and balance teams who are seeking a solid way to break opposing balance and stall teams.
* Spikes support can be crucial for this set, as the chip damage can guarantee the OHKO on Ting-Lu; your own Ting-Lu, Groudon, or Clodsire can set-up Spikes for Miraidon.
* Arceus formes such as Ghost, Ground, and Dark make for good offensive partners, as all of them like Ting-Lu being taken out of the picture.
* Zacian-C is a huge annoyance for this set thanks to its higher Speed and Dragon-type immunity; as such, solid checks to it such as Skeledirge, Groudon, and Toxapex are much appreciated. Lures for Zacian-C such as Thunder Wave Arceus-Fairy or Grass can cripple Zacian-C and leave it as an easy target for Miraidon later in the game.

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I'd mention that sometimes it is annoying for Miraidon to face down Ground + Fairy cores such as Clodsire / Fairyceus since they can stall out Terrain turns, and thats another plus of having Overheat to neutrally hit them both. Additionally, I think Electro Drift can be used to decent success here bc it lets you immediately OHKO defensive Fairyceus at +1, so I would slash it. Otherwise, I think this is good.

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Manaphy said:
Taunt can help prevent set-up from Pokemon who could take advantage of Miraidon after a Draco Meteor drop such as Calm Mind Arceus formes.
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also helps to prevent ting/clod from setting up hazards (if ur in a situation where they come in after something else than them died to dm)

otherwise this looks pretty solid

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[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Parabolic Charge / Electro Drift
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Calm Mind
move 4: Substitute / Overheat / Taunt
item: Life Orb
ability: Hadron Engine
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
* This Miraidon set is one of the fiercest wallbreakers in the Ubers tier, having a 50% chance to OHKO Ting-Lu outright with a Calm Mind and Tera Dragon-boosted Draco Meteor.
* Parabolic Charge OHKOes Zacian-C at +1 and provides Miraidon with a source of healing to counteract Life Orb, Substitute, and entry hazard damage. This also usually lets Miraidon win against Blissey without Tera Ground. Electro Drift's higher damage output allows Miraidon to OHKO bulky Arceus-Fairy sets and OHKO Zacian-C from behind a Substitute.
* The fourth slot is flexible. Substitute eases prediction and can take advantage of passive walls and foes who that attempt to pivot around Miraidon. Overheat nails Iron Treads and can also hit Ting-Lu or Clodsire, (ac) which often use Tera Steel on Miraidon's Draco Meteor, and it can also be used as a neutral hit to prevent switching between Ground- and Fairy-types to stall out Electric Terrain turns. Taunt can help prevent set-up setup from Pokemon who that could take advantage of Miraidon after a Draco Meteor stat drop such as Calm Mind Arceus formes and Ting-Lu or Clodsire using Spikes.
* If the opponent has not used their Tera already Terastallized, care should be taken when facing Ting-Lu and Clodsire, as their Tera Steel or Tera Fairy can turn the tide against Miraidon quickly. While this leaves both foes open to being chipped down, Miraidon can in-turn in turn be hit by Whirlwind, Toxic, or damaged heavily outright by Earthquake and Ruination. If Miraidon wins the exchange, it's often left at low HP and open to being revenge killed.
* This set works excellently on Sticky Webs teams in particular, as it greatly appreciates being able to outspeed Zacian-C and Choice Scarf Pokemon like Eternatus. At the same time, it also works excellently for bulky offense and balance teams who that are seeking a solid way to break opposing balance and stall teams.
* Spikes support can be crucial for this set, as the chip damage can guarantee the OHKO on opposing Ting-Lu; your own Ting-Lu, Groudon, or Clodsire can set-up Spikes for Miraidon.
* Arceus formes such as Arceus-Ghost, -Ground, and -Dark added hyphens for ground & dark make for good offensive partners, as all of them like Ting-Lu being taken out of the picture.
* Zacian-C is a huge annoyance for this set thanks to its higher Speed and Dragon-type immunity; as such, solid checks to it such as Skeledirge, Groudon, and Toxapex are much appreciated. Lures for Zacian-C such as Thunder Wave Arceus-Fairy or -Grass (ah) can cripple Zacian-C and leave it as an easy target for Miraidon later in the game.

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